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Mobile Music 1

Mobile Music 1

New DJ
Feb 20, 2009
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Coastal Georgia
www.mobilemusic1.com
Just launched our new site on the old domain;

www.mobilemusic1.com

Not bad launching a website with Gator Rivers from the Harlem Globetrotters, country artist Daryle Singletary at one of our shows and very soon we'll have footage from the last Great Georgia Turkey Shoot a couple of years ago.

The GGTS is where the top pilots from all services compete at the local bombing range. Lots of static equipment (US and foreign) on display and we did a great job competing with F15-F18, A10 and other aircraft for volume! Applied L-16 cranklifts with speaker adapters were invaluable for this type of production.
 
Mobile Music 1 said:
Just launched our new site on the old domain;

www.mobilemusic1.com

Not bad launching a website with Gator Rivers from the Harlem Globetrotters, country artist Daryle Singletary at one of our shows and very soon we'll have footage from the last Great Georgia Turkey Shoot a couple of years ago.

The GGTS is where the top pilots from all services compete at the local bombing range. Lots of static equipment (US and foreign) on display and we did a great job competing with F15-F18, A10 and other aircraft for volume! Applied L-16 cranklifts with speaker adapters were invaluable for this type of production.
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Looks really snazzy! Great use of WP. :)
 
Big Dan said:
With good alt tags photo heavy sites aren't an issue.
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First, I agree with people here that it's a nice site. Very professional looking.

Second, there's a few of your background missing. I find the overall switching of the background distracting when I'm trying to read. Maybe because it goes to black on broken images.

Third, I'm going to disagree with Big Dan in that alt-tags don't change the fact that photo heavy sites ARE an issue. A good alt or title tag merely serves to tell the user "Hang on, when this picture finally loads, you should see ***Whatever*** here" and it assists with people using screen-readers.

Considering the photo "weight" of a site is ALWAYS important. High speed internet has helped, but now with more and more mobile browsers, it's something to think about again. Are you serving giant, monitor sized images to your visitors on the iPhone or Androids? Or is it sized more appropriately for their screen and slower connection?

For those on WordPress - the mobile friendly plugins help (WP-Touch and WordPress Mobile Pack), as do services like "Smush It."

With Google now ranking sites on pageload times, you also need to consider "how big are the images I'm serving, and do I need them all on this page?"
 
mirepup said:
Third, I'm going to disagree with Big Dan in that alt-tags don't change the fact that photo heavy sites ARE an issue. A good alt or title tag merely serves to tell the user "Hang on, when this picture finally loads, you should see ***Whatever*** here" and it assists with people using screen-readers.
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ALT tags also help spiders figure out what the picture is. I've ranked pretty well for competitive terms on pictures with descriptive ALT tags. Speed is another issue completely and has more to do with image optimization and your host. If your host cannot serve a 30-40 KB photo in a second or two it's time for a new host. Remember spiders have very fast connections at their disposal they'll suck down data as fast as the server can send it.
 
Guys, my webmaster was actually pointing out that it takes the right images to make a website like mine to really pop. If you take some pics that the typical DJ and even the typical wedding photographer would have, there would be too much contrast and very difficult to read. He suggested purchasing royalty free images and then tweaking them. Glad I took his advice.
 
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